Hamlet of Law

Naren Rudra

Hamlet of Law expounds on inventive, clever and often artful submissions of counsels in Indian courts with the view to grasp and assimilate the arguing and presentation skills of these stellar lawyers. Seldom we'll digress from the submissions and focus on interesting yet ignored legal facets. Share your reviews, suggestions and pitch new ideas for the podcast at hamletoflaw@gmail.com

Episodes

  1. 12/21/2023

    Diaries of a Young Judge: Tharani Vemuganti

    Explore the intriguing journey of Justice Tharani Vemuganti, who achieved the bench at an early stage. Listen to this episode of The Hamlet of Law wherein she delves into her compelling story, challenges faced, and insights on the legal system. An episode of ambition, resilience, and navigating challenges in the courtroom.

  2. 08/15/2023

    Justice L. Nageswara Rao's Voyage: Courtroom Success to Judicial Legacy

    Explore the journey of Justice L. Nageswara Rao, former judge, Supreme Court of India, transcending from advocate triumphs to revered judicial wisdom. Revel in captivating and profound insights, shaping a remarkable legal legacy in his own words!

  3. 01/28/2022

    Delhi - An Incomplete State and Undefined Union Territory

    Delhi has a Lieutenant Governor instead of a Governor or Administrator like other States and UTs and despite being one of the most populous territories in the world, the franchise rights of Delhi’s citizens are insignificant vis-a-vis fellow citizens of other states in India for significant control over Delhi’s administration vests with the Union Cabinet and not with elected Delhi govt. With murky power borders, Union govt. and Delhi govt. were always at loggerheads until recently when the SC delineated borders through a constitution bench. This episode entails detailed administrative history of Delhi, reasons for assigning limited sovereignty to Delhi as a state and comprehensive analysis of arguments made by both Delhi govt. and Union govt. and the judgment delivered by the constitution bench.

  4. 10/02/2021

    Extraterritoriality and Enrica Lexie

    Find out the events surrounding the homicide of 2 Indian fishermen in India’s contiguous zone by 2 Italian marines, who, to make the incident controversial, were on official duty. To make things even more controversial, India refused to concede to the much accepted ‘sovereign immunity’ of the marines and charged them for murder. This episode gives a comprehensive account of all the arguments of Harish Salve and ASG in the Supreme Court and also how when Italians left for Italy on bail and refused to return, the SCI detained Italian ambassador within India which lead to a diplomatic row and finally on how this incident became one of the most academically discussed topic in international law.

  5. 08/15/2021

    Why are Judgments Written The Way They Are?

    Listen to this episode to find out why judges sit it panels of two or more, especially at the highest echelons, and why judges dissent in judgements when dissenting opinions have no utilitarian value and even why you and I as a citizen can walk into a random courtroom and attend random judicial proceedings and many more interesting mannerisms of our courts!

  6. 06/23/2021

    Nehru, The First Amendment and The Supreme Court of India

    In 1951, the Nehru government amended the Fundamental Rights of the Constitution just 15 months after enacting the venerated constitution, which Nehru himself heavily supervised while drafting, just to revive Zamindari abolition laws after the High Courts struck them down for violating Fundamental Rights of the citizens. All of this without an elected parliament, hence without a proper representative mandate and with heavy opposition and objections from within and out of the party. So, what prompted the Nehru government to amend the constitution in a flash and how did the SC deal with the validity of the amendment vis-a-vis zamindari abolition reforms by forming the first ever constitution bench in the matter of Shankari Prasad v. UoI? What were the arguments advanced in the case? Give a 'hearing' to find out!

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About

Hamlet of Law expounds on inventive, clever and often artful submissions of counsels in Indian courts with the view to grasp and assimilate the arguing and presentation skills of these stellar lawyers. Seldom we'll digress from the submissions and focus on interesting yet ignored legal facets. Share your reviews, suggestions and pitch new ideas for the podcast at hamletoflaw@gmail.com

Information

  • Creator
    Naren Rudra
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Naren Rudra
  • Show Website
    Hamlet of Law